Xmas ESC: A new female embryonic stem cell system that reveals the BAF complex as a key regulator of the establishment of X chromosome inactivation
Keniry, A.; Jansz, N.; Gearing, L. J.; Wanigasuriya, I.; Chen, J.; Nefzger, C. M.; Hickey, P. F.; Gouil, Q.; Liu, J.; Breslin, K.; Iminitoff, M.; Beck, T.; Tapia del Fierro, A.; Kinkel, S. A.; Taberlay, P. C.; Willson, T.; Pakusch, M.; Ritchie, M. E.; Hilton, D. J.; Polo, J. M.; Blewitt, M. E.
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Although female pluripotency significantly differs to male, complications with in vitro culture of female embryonic stem cells (ESC) have severely limited the use and study of these cells. We report a replenishable female ESC system, Xmas, that has enabled us to optimise a protocol for preserving the XX karyotype. Our protocol also improves male ESC fitness. We utilised our Xmas ESC system to screen for regulators of the female-specific process of X chromosome inactivation, revealing chromatin remodellers Smarcc1 and Smarca4 as key regulators of establishment of X inactivation. The remodellers create a nucleosome depleted region at gene promotors on the inactive X during exit from pluripotency, without which gene silencing fails. Our female ESC system provides a tractable model for XX ESC culture that will expedite study of female pluripotency and has enabled us to discover new features of the female-specific process of X inactivation.
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